ENGL 104

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

Introduction to Film

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Credit: 3 hours.

Thoughtful viewing of diverse films (in required weekly screenings), along with ample discussion and critical reading and writing, to gain understanding of cinematic expression and of film's capacity to entertain and to exert artistic and social influence.

Same as MACS 104.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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ENGL 104 class schedule data for spring 2023
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34551	Lecture-Discussion	B	9:00AM -9:50AM	MWF	Armory	Slobodnik, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: We all like films, but do you know how film has developed over time as a technology, as a social institution, and as a political tool? Do you know how films vary around the world, or why we as film viewers understand and enjoy them? Come and explore these questions in small classes that allow you to have meaningful discussions with accomplished faculty and other smart, engaged students. By the end of this course, you’ll have acquired the skills to appreciate and analyze movies of many different genres, styles, time periods, and cultures. Students in this course will need access to online streaming services to watch at least one film per week. Course work includes quizzes, papers, and one or more exams. Intro to Film is an appropriate prerequisite for more advanced film courses in English and MACS. This course earns 3 credit hours and qualifies as a General Education course in Humanities and the Arts.
34547	Lecture-Discussion	D	11:00AM -11:50AM	MWF	Armory	Claborn, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: We all like films, but do you know how film has developed over time as a technology, as a social institution, and as a political tool? Do you know how films vary around the world, or why we as film viewers understand and enjoy them? Come and explore these questions in small classes that allow you to have meaningful discussions with accomplished faculty and other smart, engaged students. By the end of this course, you’ll have acquired the skills to appreciate and analyze movies of many different genres, styles, time periods, and cultures. Students in this course will need access to online streaming services to watch at least one film per week. Course work includes quizzes, papers, and one or more exams. Intro to Film is an appropriate prerequisite for more advanced film courses in English and MACS. This course earns 3 credit hours and qualifies as a General Education course in Humanities and the Arts.
48003	Lecture-Discussion	E	1:00PM -1:50PM	MWF	Armory	Claborn, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: We all like films, but do you know how film has developed over time as a technology, as a social institution, and as a political tool? Do you know how films vary around the world, or why we as film viewers understand and enjoy them? Come and explore these questions in small classes that allow you to have meaningful discussions with accomplished faculty and other smart, engaged students. By the end of this course, you’ll have acquired the skills to appreciate and analyze movies of many different genres, styles, time periods, and cultures. Students in this course will need access to online streaming services to watch at least one film per week. Course work includes quizzes, papers, and one or more exams. Intro to Film is an appropriate prerequisite for more advanced film courses in English and MACS. This course earns 3 credit hours and qualifies as a General Education course in Humanities and the Arts.
34541	Lecture-Discussion	M	10:00AM -10:50AM	MWF	Armory	Slobodnik, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: We all like films, but do you know how film has developed over time as a technology, as a social institution, and as a political tool? Do you know how films vary around the world, or why we as film viewers understand and enjoy them? Come and explore these questions in small classes that allow you to have meaningful discussions with accomplished faculty and other smart, engaged students. By the end of this course, you’ll have acquired the skills to appreciate and analyze movies of many different genres, styles, time periods, and cultures. Students in this course will need access to online streaming services to watch at least one film per week. Course work includes quizzes, papers, and one or more exams. Intro to Film is an appropriate prerequisite for more advanced film courses in English and MACS. This course earns 3 credit hours and qualifies as a General Education course in Humanities and the Arts.
34539	Lecture-Discussion	Q	12:30PM -1:45PM	TR	English Building	Hansen, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Section Info: SP23 ENGL 104 Intro to Film, Jim Hansen - The Art of Cinema - This course introduces students to film aesthetics through the analysis of film form, style, and history. The course aims to familiarize students with the language of cinema as it evolved technologically, historically, and generically over the past century. Through screenings, readings, discussion, and writings, students will develop a appreciation of film and acquire a general awareness of film history and its key movements from its beginnings as a black and white silent art form through to the contemporary global digital age. Beyond teaching students how to recognize and describe formal choices and techniques, the course will also invite students to read a film carefully, attending to the aesthetic significance of formal choices and technical innovations. We’ll look at the conventions of narrative film, the employment of formal techniques like the close-up, point of view, editing, framing, special effects, color, and the use of sound . Concentrating on questions about film as an aesthetic form, we’ll also consider the changing role that the spectator has played in relation to the moving image and how film’s relationship to ideology has evolved over time. Students will be required to participate in class, contribute weekly journals, and take two exams. Films will include: City Light, Casablanca, Double Indemnity, Bicycle Thief, Hara-Kiri, Vertigo, Dr. Strangelove, Taxi Driver, Do the Right Thing, Clueless, Fargo, Inglorious Basterds, Lady Bird, and Moonlight
43489	Lecture-Discussion	Y	3:30PM -4:45PM	TR	Armory	Kimutis, P	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: We all like films, but do you know how film has developed over time as a technology, as a social institution, and as a political tool? Do you know how films vary around the world, or why we as film viewers understand and enjoy them? Come and explore these questions in small classes that allow you to have meaningful discussions with accomplished faculty and other smart, engaged students. By the end of this course, you’ll have acquired the skills to appreciate and analyze movies of many different genres, styles, time periods, and cultures. Students in this course will need access to online streaming services to watch at least one film per week. Course work includes quizzes, papers, and one or more exams. Intro to Film is an appropriate prerequisite for more advanced film courses in English and MACS. This course earns 3 credit hours and qualifies as a General Education course in Humanities and the Arts.